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FRESHMAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A first-year undergraduate

Synonyms:

fresher; freshman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("freshman" is a kind of...):

lowerclassman; underclassman (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any new participant in some activity

Synonyms:

entrant; fledgeling; fledgling; freshman; neophyte; newbie; newcomer; starter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("freshman" is a kind of...):

beginner; initiate; novice; tiro; tyro (someone new to a field or activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freshman"):

enlistee; recruit (any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

Example:

freshman year in high school or college

Synonyms:

first-year; freshman

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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